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A blogger who pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to break into a nursing home and shoot unauthorized video of the bedridden wife of Senator Thad Cochran was sentenced Monday to more than two years in prison.

State Senator Chris McDaniel asked a Mississippi court on Thursday to declare him the winner of the June 24 Republican runoff against the incumbent, United States Senator Thad Cochran, or order a new election.

State Senator Chris McDaniel filed a formal challenge on Monday to the outcome of the Republican United States Senate primary, citing evidence he said would show “a pattern of conduct” resulting in an improper victory for his rival, Senator Thad...